Course Name: Irrigation and Drainage

Course abstract

Agricultural engineers have been applying scientific principles for the optimal use of natural resources in agricultural production for the benefit of humankind. This particular course deals with application of both irrigation and drainage principles in agriculture for achieving profitable crop production with minimal environmental implications. This is one of the core courses of Agricultural Engineering program recommended for under graduate and graduate students. In this course we will focus on soilwater- plant-atmosphere relationship, crop water requirement, irrigation scheduling, irrigation water conveyance, measurement of irrigation water, water application methods, irrigation systems design and their performance evaluation, drainage of agricultural lands, management of salt affected soils, performance evaluation of drainage systems, ground water hydrology, irrigation wells and water-lifting devices-pumps. It involves weekly quizzes, in-class numerical problem solving, assignments and class tests.


Course Instructor

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Damodhara Rao Mailapalli

Dr. D.R. Mailpalli graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Kharagpur with a Ph.D degree in 2007. After having 6 years of postdoctoral research experience from the U.S. universities (UC-Davis and UW-Madison), Dr. Mailapalli joined as a faculty at IIT-Kharagpur in 2013. Since then he has been teaching On-farm water management (theory and lab), Tube wells and pumps, Surface water hydrology and Non-point source pollution control and management at UG and PG level. His research interests are in agricultural water management, irrigation hydraulics, sediment and nutrients transport and non-point source pollution. He has published more than 30 research articles and 20 conference papers, volunteered as a reviewer for more than 30 research papers.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Chwadaka pohshna

M.Tech Land and water resources engineering

IITKGP

Shashank Shekhar

M. tech ( Land and water resource engineering)

IITKGP

 Course Duration : Jul-Oct 2018

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 18-Apr-2018 to 30-Jul-2018

 Exam registration : 25-Jun-2018 to 18-Sep-2018

 Exam Date : 28-Oct-2018

Enrolled

872

Registered

42

Certificate Eligible

29

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Elite

13

Successfully completed

16

Participation

6

Success

Elite

Gold





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>=90 - Elite + Gold
60-89 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
Irrigation and Drainage - Toppers list

KARTIK JADAV 85%

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

SHREENIVAS LONDHE 80%

VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

BILLY GRAHAM RAM 80%

SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES.

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 872

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 42

Assignment Statistics




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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.